Aircraft fairing
![The wing root of a simple aircraft, an American Aviation AA-1 Yankee, showing a wing root fairing.](/Images/godic/202502/20/WingRoot012630.jpg")
![A cockpit fairing or](/Images/godic/202502/20/Quik_gt450_ultralight_g-gttp_arp2630.jpg")
![Spats on a Cessna Skylane 182T](/Images/godic/202502/20/Cessna182t_skylane_n2231f_cotswoldairshow_2010_arp2630.jpg")
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An aircraft fairing is a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline and reduce drag.
These structures are covers for gaps and spaces between parts of an aircraft to reduce form drag and interference drag, and to improve appearance.